# Michigan — Workers' compensation waiting periods and retroactive thresholds by US state

For Michigan, waiting period (days) is 7 days; retroactive trigger (days) is 2 weeks (14 days); how days are counted is No compensation is paid for an injury which does not last for at least one week (7 days). If the disability lasts beyond one week, the worker is entitled to benefits as of the eighth day. If disability continues for two weeks or longer, the worker is entitled to compensation for the first week; statute or rule citation is Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.381, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **State:** Michigan _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period (days):** 7 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Retroactive trigger (days):** 2 weeks (14 days) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How days are counted:** No compensation is paid for an injury which does not last for at least one week (7 days). If the disability lasts beyond one week, the worker is entitled to benefits as of the eighth day. If disability continues for two weeks or longer, the worker is entitled to compensation for the first week. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or rule citation:** Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.381 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> No compensation is paid for an injury which does not last for at least one week (7 days). If the disability lasts beyond one week, the worker is entitled to benefits as of the eighth day after the injury. If a disability continues for two weeks or longer, then the worker is entitled to compensation for the first week of disability.

## Source

- https://www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/WDCA-RESOURCES-AND-REPORTS/Publications/wca_WCPUB001.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-17. Review by: 2027-08-17.
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